San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-20
AUSTIN'S BALL.
Hard to Dance-Harder to Get Supper -
Impossible to Get Bed.

7 Hard TO Dance-Harder to Get Supper -
I Impossible to Get Bed.
Probably ere this everyone has read in
/ one or more papers accounts OF the va
Tious dOiBgs at Austin during tho inau-
guration Then again IL seems rather
late 10 mention a few things that Oc-
Cured two or three days ago and SO
close at home. We would, however,
like to mention few things that came
under our notice aud which have been
omitted In other papers. Some OF them
(Ghe papers) say that the inaugural ball
WAS fine success; as far as the ball was
concerned, 1t certainly was not; there
Was only one room to dance In, and
was chiefly filed up by tempo
rary stage and spe tators. IL was slim
ply impossible to dance, owing TO the
great number trying aud the small space
allotted. Still everyone seemed TO be
having good time. There were in
Vulnerable corners 10 the spacious hotel
which invited the weary triers to their
dark recesses. All the different stairs,
too, were used in lieu of chairs.
Again, IL WAS a hard matter to
get supper, one had to procure
tickets first Of all you bad to find out
where to get them, then take your part
ner AM wait till they chose to give them
to you; then when you got to the supper
room there was no room to move.
Everyone had to stand, and although
there was plenty tOeat, according TO the
bill of fare, still III you did not stand d.
Tectly before a certain dish you might
fancy,it was n xt to impossible to get IL.
Woe TO the man, too, VINO left his coat
or hat at the cloak room. We heard OF
several gentlemen who were four hours
trying 10 get one or the other and many
left without either, returning the next
day TO find that the man who had charge
of the department WAS still in the arms
of Morpheus. The hotel is certainly
splendid, and with the exception of the
new capitol. certainly the building most
worthy Of inspection In all of Austin.
There are 100 bed rooms in all, but
on Tuesday night there were q"ite 400
peopl sleeping there. In the gentle
mems parl0r there were about 40 men
sleeping with n pillow and Overcoat or
two or three newsps pers over them, be-
sides in the different Railways there
were several groups who never had a
wink the whole night. Don't think
though, XII d readers, that our reporter
WAS one of these latter. for he Jared
better than most; he found double b, d
with two Of his friends in, undressed and
slipped in between them and before more
thsn two hours had passed, one OF the
other two had had quite enough (?) sleep
and vacated leaving our correspondent
fast asleep with plenty of room. In the
morning the University building, Cap
itol. etc. were visited; the former build
ing, one-tbird of which is finished, is on
one of the various hills. five stories high
and will, when finished, be a
very splendid building. The lat
ter is being built at very
lively rate. Three stories are up
and the arch at the principal entrance.
We owe the Messrs. Mcllhenny our
sincere thanks for the way our rer orter
was entertained. The morning train
did not leave Austin till p. m and
was then so crowded that those who
did come on it. had either to stand or sit
on the floor most of the way to San
Antonio, but the evening train which
was only u hours later, was compare
lively empty, and all those who bad
waited were certainly very thankful
that they did not go on the first.